2014 FPA Silver Award Winners

Following are the 2014 FPA Silver Winners.

Mar 5th, 2014

Ghost

PACKAGING EXCELLENCE
Ghost^TM 
Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc.

Ajanta Paneer 
Paharpur 3P 

Qrill^TM Meat 20 kg. Bag 
Flex America Inc. 

TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Amcor’s StayClean 
Amcor Flexibles 

EcoFlex 99^TM Fountain Beverage Bag 
Liqui-Box® Corp.

Novel 9 layer Film for Dry Food Packaging 
Berry Plastics Corp.

TIDE Detergent Pouch 
Flex America Inc. 

ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY ACHIEVEMENT
Bonfire Wines^TM Standup Pouch 
 Curwood, Inc., A Bemis Co.

Cascadian Farm Cereal Liner 
Printpack 

LEHAR Snack Food Pouch 
Flex America Inc. 

PRINTING ACHIEVEMENT
Chocolates Rellenos Britt
 PERUPLAST S.A. 

Crystal Light Mocktails 
Printpack 

SC Johnson glade® plugIns® Winter Collection 
American Packaging Corp.

Whiskas Carne 500 g
 Printpack 

FlexFilms

Liquibox

Peruplast S.A.

Paharpur 3P

PAXXUS

Amcor Flexibles

American Packaging Corp.

Bemis Company, Inc.

Berry Global

Printpack

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Functional beverages are a fast-growing segment of the beverage market.

Nestlé and Mars Wrigley Roll Out Paper-Based Confectionery Packs Replacing Plastic Predecessors

Take Five Video: Transitioning from plastic to paper for Nestlé’s Smarties brand candies required extensive R&D in new materials, new package designs, equipment compatibility, and recycling potential. Meanwhile Mars Wrigley is piloting its own project.

Kellogg Says Embracing E-Commerce Helped it Weather the Pandemic

Kellogg says its ecommerce investments over the past two years helped it respond quickly and seize opportunities when lockdowns related to COVID-19 sent online grocery sales to record levels.

RRD launched Care Kits for patients and to help healthcare companies adapt to industry changes and demonstrate their commitment to member and patient wellness.

Care Kits Supplement Telehealth for Medicare Patients and More

57% of Americans with chronic conditions delayed healthcare and experienced a gap in care due to COVID-19, per a recent study. Aetna and other companies are shipping kits with specially curated products to offer self-care or supplement telehealth visits.

Both the shampoo and the conditioner in this P&G line have tactile notching to help the visually impaired.

P&G Designs Packaging for the Visually Impaired

Tactile notching on PET bottles of Procter & Gamble’s bio:renew shampoos and conditioners goes a long way toward helping consumers with impaired vision differentiate one product from another.

The most important strategy to make packaging more sustainable is to reduce the amount of plastic.

Beverage Manufacturers Respond to Consumer Trends on Plastic Packaging

Plastic has become an issue for consumers, particularly related to plastic waste in the environment. This directly impacts the beverage industry, which is made up of 45% rigid plastic packaging, only 25% of which ends up being recycled in the US.

Check out The Cobot Spot from Universal Robots

Amazon Expands Frustration-Free Packaging Programs to Include Smaller Eligible Product Sizes

The Frustration-Free Packaging Programs Incentive Expansion, announced June 1, 2021 for North America and following later this year in Europe, has expanded its product size range downward, to include ASINs starting as small as 6 x 4 x 0.375 ins.

Love Beauty and Planet launched 16-oz reusable aluminum bottles and 32.3-oz 100% rPET refill bottles for two formulas of its shampoo and conditioner at Target in April 2021.

Love Beauty and Planet Debuts Reusable Aluminum Bottle

Unilever hair and skincare brand Love Beauty and Planet is the first major beauty brand to launch a reusable aluminum bottle for shampoo and conditioner for mass market.

The Steeped Coffee Method requires only hot water to prepare a single serving of coffee.

Tea Bag-Style Coffee Pack is ‘Steeped’ in Sustainability

Premium coffee producer Mr. Espresso enters the single-serve market with a tea bag-style product from Steeped that uses plant-based, compostable materials for the bag and outer film sachet.

Taking the Fifth (Panel): Create an Invitation to Engage

Using a fifth-panel carton allows for more space to educate consumers on your product and provides an interactive, sensory experience that can send a powerful message about your brand.

Cybersecurity Risks Mount While Bag-in-Box Gives Brewers “Cider Security”

In this two-part Take Five, we first take a look at mounting risks around cybersecurity, then switch gears to look at a rising bag-in-box trend among intentionally flat beers and ciders.

Ball Aluminum Cup™ Expands Rollout to Retailers in 50 States

After debuting the first-of-its-kind aluminum cup at major sports and entertainment venues, Ball recently expanded availability of the 100% recyclable product nationwide.

Wyld Cannabis-Infused Gummies feature a clean botanical look with bright inner carton and child-resistant jar.

2021 Healthcare Packaging Design Gallery

This year’s gallery featured many calming and minimalist aesthetics, signifying a consumer looking for relief at home and work—outside of the clinical setting.

unPACKED with Packaging World Podcast: 10 Billion Reasons to Embrace Reusable Packaging

Listen to the unPACKed with Packaging World podcast as Anne Marie Mohan outlines emerging frameworks to make implementing reusable packaging easier for OEMs, CPGs and consumers.